Kind do­na­tion to pro­vide warmth to lo­cal chil­dren who need it most

THE Chron­i­cle reached out to its read­ers and asked for sup­port by do­nat­ing items for emer­gency bags that will go to fam­i­lies es­cap­ing do­mes­tic vi­o­lence. We also asked for small gifts for the chil­dren, who of­ten ar­rive at safe houses with noth­ing.

Mrs Vick­ers said she en­joyed knit­ting the teddy bears that she would nor­mally do­nate to the hos­pi­tal. “I love knit­ting ted­dies and they bring so much joy to peo­ple who don’t have any­thing, es­pe­cially chil­dren,” Mrs Vick­ers said.